Metallurgic apparatus.



` w. H. PEIRCB. VMETALLURGIC APPARATUS.

APPLIOATIQI FILED HOV. 29, 1909.

AEmma 1m28, A1911.

3 BHEETB-SHEET 2.

WILLIAM n. mamen, or BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, AssrGNoR To Piemon-smi 'CONVERTER COMPANY, A CORPORATION or DELAWARE.

METALLUBGIC APPARATUS.

Speciicatiion of Letters Patent. Application flied November 29, 19.09. Serial No. .530,311

To all `tt-:hom 'it may concern: i

Be it known that I, VVILL'IAM'H. PEIRCE,

i a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Baltimore, State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Innprovementls in lletallurgic Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to metallurgie vessels, furnaces or converters that are mounted to turn upon an axis and such, for'example, as are employed Afor bessemerizing copper matte.

.effective mechanism is employed for turning the converter during the course of treatment. andA for securely holding the same in its different positions.

The invention consists in the features otimprovement hereinafter set forth, illustrated in the preferred form in thel accompanyi'ng drawingsand lmore particularly pointed ont in the appended claims.

` cylindrical shell. 1,0'

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side eleva-v t-ion of the converter with the` improved turning mechanism' applied thereto. Fig. Q is -aiyiew in elevation of the turning-.nicchanism with the converter shell. shown in sec-.

tion.4 Fig. 3 is an'enlarged, detal'view with v:rrts'sliown' in section-on the line Bf 3 of v*igsrQa-nd 4."Fig.'4 is an' enlarged, detail plan View of ai portion 'of the turning' nicch- `anisin and Fig. 5 isa view in elevation o 'f th' parts shown in Fig. i with Sonie of the parts inscetion.

'lhe furnace or converter comprises, a novidcd with v'external rings orlang'es v11 that restupon the antiii'ict'ion rolls 12. The shafts 123 ot the fric-l tion rolls are journaled in suitable brackets lflivliicli are seeulrcdfrlpoli a Foilln'l'ation l5. Th(l rollers support the l'lirnai'e or converter, so'thilt it'can liti easily rotated about ilshorizontal axis.y The 'torni ot converter showinis provided with. a charging..hopper 1li, a

pouring spout 17 and a (lne lh* al one .of the beams.

down upon' its'guide-way. B yvthr arran Patented Mar. 2e', 191i.

end. If employed for hessemeri'zing copper matte, it will also be provided-With a'set of twyers 19.

The turning mechanism is 'mounted ena v horizontal frame thatv extends t'i'ans'iiersely beneath the shell 1 0. This frame, in the prefel-'red form show-n coriiprises av pair. 'of pai?- allel, horizontal I- eams 20, mounted :upon the foundation 15 and extending beneath .the shell 10 transversely to .the axis .theroofi The beams' 20 :1re connected by a. .series of crosspiec'es 21 secured to their-lower flanges and a series of straps 22 secured to their upper flanges. .it one end,a pair 5fheavy straps 23 are secured to` the'upper Beneath theshell. 10,",1; Ae frame beams are roided a Cross-head guide which, in tie. f orinshoyvn, comprises two cast metal sections; Each of; .these-Seo,- tions is forni'cd ot longitudinallyextending guide-bars 2l connected al;v intervals" by isis' cross-bars that rest. upon-and are Securely riveted to the cross'fbars 22'on the I-beams 2.0. The bars 2in1- e provided vwith gnid-` ways for an elongated `cross-head. ...This cross-head. `in the prete rred forni Show1`1,

emnprises a pail" ot'4 parallel channel.;haisv 26 secured at their ends to castings 27, and intermediate `their endsby a'cross-.bai;l 28'. 'liey end' c astiinf's 27 of the croSsLliezidza'epiro-A xjid'ed with depending,singular. rilis 29 that rest' upon'- the upper faces ,of tlie'guide ars Qltjand ahnt vagainst npwai'diy pro]actingv ribs 3'() formed.thereon. narrow 'plates E llrcstf upon the-ribs tla'niii are secured to the'guide-bars Qliy These plates project n-iwardly ovrrQ- thehorl-V zonl'al portions ot' the angular." flanges," :29 and thus torni ellis for lioldi'ngtheCross-head nient set forth, tlie'cross-head is holdfagarnst.. the transvtn'se movement.,.eitherin lateralorvertical direction, 'ont is, of course, j `ce to reciprocate lungitudinallhxv "within i its' 'gtnd'e -psiirsol wire ropes $53' are prcicral'ily cin-,

los i;

ploycd. one pair extending fron-i earl'reinl ropes'l aile'.

I the projecting flanges of a series of T-shapcd y Notwithstanding thje great weight of the fur'- .clips securely. riveted to the cylindrical I face of the shell 10 at opposite edges thereof.

Couplings 36 are clampedto the opposite ends of the ropes and these couplings are provided with eyes that engage the eyes upon I the ends of a series of tie-bolts 37. These tiebo'lts extend through openings 38 in laterallyV projecting lugs 39 on the opposite end castmg 27 of the cross-head. These openings ilare inwardly, as indicated in Fig. 5, and, at the outer ends of the openings, the inclined faces of the lugs 39 are provided with curved seats 40 that are engaged by similarly shaped Washers 41 on the tie-bolts. Adjust-ing nuts 42 are threaded on the outer ends of the tiebolts andl engave the Washers 41 as shown.

A horizonttil, hydraulic cylinder 43 is mounted upon the cross-bars 23 of the frame in line with ,the cross-head. This cylinder is rovided with a piston 44 having a pistonrod 45 which is rigidly fixed, at its end, to

loneof the end castings 27 of the cross-head.

In the form shown (see Fig. 4), the pist-onrod extends within a socket in the end face of the casting and is secured to the casting by akey 46. Pipes 47 lead from opposite ends of the hydraulic cylinder to a suitable valve casing 48. Supply and exhaust pipes .49 and 50 are connected to thecasing and a suitable valve therein operated by a handlev'er 51 is arranged to connect either end of the cylinder 43 to the supply and the other end to the exhaust, soV that the piston 44 therein can-be shifted in one or the other direction. Or the valve can be positionedto cut off the oppositeends of the cylinder from the supply and exhaust so that the .pist-on 44 will-be securel held against movement by the-liquid in t e opposite ends of the cylinder. i l

The mechanism is extremely simple and efficient and will withstand great strain By Lis means of the hydraulic motor, the cross-head can be shifted back and forth to turn the shell 10 of the converter in one or thelother direction through, the medium of the crossed wire ropes 'The nuts 42 on the tie-bolts i. 37 are vadjusted 'to take up all slack in the.

ropes 31. The piston 44. ofthe hydraulic cylinder is connected directly to the crosshead and, when the flow of liquid to and from the opposite ends of the cylinder is cut off, the piston will be held against movement and,ls1nce there is practically no slack or l'ost motion between the piston and-the heavy converter or furnace shelll 10, the lat-l ter will be maintained with great steadilness in the different positions to w ich it is turned during the operation.4 The cross-head and l' the hydraulic cylinder, in the preferred form, are mounted upon the same frame, so that the cross-head and the iston of the cylinder are properly held in ine, notwithstandin the strani of the ropes upon the cross-hea l'nace or converter and its charge, itcan, b

means of the improved mechanism, be rea ily turned to the different positions as re quired in the course of treatment and steadily held in the different positions. The cur-ved seats'l() and washers 41 form oscillating or ball-and-socket connections between the tie-bolts 87 and the end of the cross-head to allow for the different angular positions of the -ropes as the cross-head is shifted.

The ends of the cross-head and guide therefor, are preferably covered, as shown,

cured at their lower edges to the cross straps 22.

It is obvious that the details of construction set forth can be Widely varied without departure from the essentials of the invention as defined in the claims. i

I claim as my invention 1. In a metallurgie apparatus, the combination with a rotatable shell, of a longitudinally shiftable cross-head, a frame having a guide for said cross-head, said frame and said cross-head extending transversely beneath said shell, oppositely arranged ropes connected to said shell and to the opposite ends of said cross-head at points below the bottoni of said shell,means for adj usting the tension of said ropes, a hydraulic cylinder, and a piston therein having a piston-rod connected to said cross-head, substantially as described.

2. In a metallurgie apparatus, the combination With a rotatable shell, of a lonvitudi- -nally .shiftable cross-head, oppositey arranged ropes connected to said shell and to the opposite ends of said cross-head, means for adjusting the tension of said ropes, a frame extending beneath said shell and having a guide for said cross-head, a'stationary hydraulic cylinder mounted on said frame .in line With said cross-head, and a piston in said cylinder having a piston-rod fixedy to said cross-head, substantially as described.

3. In a metallurgie apparatus, the colnbination with a rotatable, cylindrical shell, of a cross-head, a frame extending beneath said shell and having a guide wherein said cross` head is longitudinally movable and held against transverse movement, crossed ropes secured to said shell and extending-in opposite directions over the surface thereof, ad-

justing tie-bolts connecting said ropes to the opposite ends of said crosshead,and means for shifting said cross-head and for holding it in different positions, substantially as described. 4. In a metallurgie apparatus, the combination 'with a rotatable, cylindrical shell, of Ia cross-head, a frame extending beneath said shell and 'havinga guide whereiny said cross-head is longitudinally movable and held against transverse' movement, crossed scribed.

ropes secured to said shell and extending in oppositedirections over the surface thereof, devices enga ing the ends of saidropes and having o scil ating connections with theopposite ends of said cross-head at' points below the bottom of said shell and means for shifting said cross-head, substantially as de- 5. ln a metallurgie apparatus, the combination with a rotateblafcylindrical shell, of a cross-head, a guide wherein said crosshead is longitudinally movable and 'held against transverse movement, crossed ropes secured to saidshell and extendingin opposite directionsover the surface thereof, adjustiiig tie-holts connected to the ends of Said ropes and having ball-and-socketconnections with the opposite ends of said crosshead, -a hydraulic vcylinder and apiston therein havin a, pistonerod connected` to l said cross-hea substantially' as described.

6; In a'inetalhirgic apparatus, the coinbination with a cylindrical shell rotatably sustained-,in horizontal position, of'a crossf heade'xtending transversely beneath said shell, a frame extending beneath said shell -and havin a guide wherein said cross-head .tions to the opposite ends respectively of il h is longitn inally movable and held against vert-ical movement,'crossed ropes secured to said shell and extending in opposite direcg'aid cross-head, means for adjusting the ten- ",sion of Said ropes, and means't'or shifting said cross -headand for holding the saine' inl .di-,iferentj-l positions, substantially as de- ,n

scribed. 4

7, In a metallurgicapparatus, the combination with a cylindrical shell rotatably sustained in horizontal position, of a crosshd, extending transversely beneath said 311011,19, :frame extending beneath said shell angiihaviii s Hide .wherein said cross-head is lpngitn iiiat y-,inovable and held against tially as described.

verticah ni0ven1ent,'two pairs of crossed ropes secuedto said shell, extending in opposite vdirections over the surface thereof and connected respectively to the opposite ends ofsaid cross-head at `points below the bottom of said shell, and. means for shifting said cross-head, substantially as described.`

8. In a metallurgie apparatus, the coinbination with a cylindrical shell rotatably sustained in horizontal position, of a horizontal frame extending transversely/'beneath said shell, Va cross-head guided on said frame to shift longitudinally but held against ver' tical movement, crossed ropes secured to said shell and extending in oppositedirections over the surface thereof, adjusting'tie-bolts connecting the ends of said ropes to theopposite ends of said cross-head, a stationary hydraulic cylinder and a piston therein having a piston-rod connected to said crosshead, substantially as described.

9. In a metallurgie apparatus, the coinbination ot' a cylindrical shell having. ring flanges, antifriction rollers engagingjrl said flanges and supporting said shell in horizontal position, a horizontal frame extendingr transversely beneath said shell, a crosjgChead, c.

said frame having a guide' Wherei said cross-head is. longitudinally movable'u". and

'held against vert-ical movement, crossed ropes secured to said shell and extending in opposite directionsover theisurface thereof,

said ropes to the opposite ends ot said crosshead, a l'lydraillic cylinder mounted on said frame in line with said cross-head, and a piston in said cylinder having a piston-rod fixed to one end lof said cross-head, substan- VVlLLlAM H. PERCE. lVitncsses Josnrii W. HUTTY,

Jnssn SEAMAN.

75,.. adjusting tie-bolts connecting the ends of 

